Black Swans

Name: Black Swans
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Eve Babitz
ISBN: 9781501986338

Author: Eve Babitz

Narrator: Mia Barron

Unabridged: 6 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 04/10/2018

Categories: Fiction

Synopsis

A collection of original short stories offers an intimate and dark portrait of life in the United States as they journey through California seeking answers to our changing world, dealing with such topics as jealousy, AIDS, sex, and Jim Morrison.

About Eve Babitz

Eve Babitz is the author of several books of fiction, including Eve's Hollywood and Slow Days, Fast Company, both published by NYRB Classics. Her other nonfiction works include Fiorucci, the Book and Two by Two: Tango, Two-Step, and the L.A. Night. She has written for many publications, including Ms. And Esquire, and in the late 1960s designed album covers for the Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, and Linda Ronstadt.

Reviews

Goodreads review by lou on August 05, 2021

a book for hot girls about a hot girl doing hot girl things......more

Goodreads review by emma on February 01, 2023

eve babitz everything. these felt a little more outdated than eve usually does (how is she so magically relevant regardless of timing!), but they still had as much of her humor and wit and charm. i love her. bottom line: get me her grocery lists.......more

Goodreads review by Vanessa on August 05, 2018

I could have kept reading these stories forever...I think I’ll have to track down her earlier books now.......more

Goodreads review by daniella ❀ on September 26, 2022

miss eve babitz never disappoints......more

Goodreads review by Teodora on August 15, 2021

Overall it is 2.8 but I round it up to 3 stars Jealousy - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Slumming at the Rodeo Gardens - ⭐ Free Tibet - ⭐ Self-Enchanted City - ⭐ Expensive Regrets - ⭐⭐⭐ Tangoland - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Weird August - ⭐⭐ Coco - ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Black Swans - ⭐⭐⭐⭐ I found/read this book as part of the Audrey Hope book club otherwise I wouldn't......more